The role of pesticide exposure in the genesis of Parkinson's disease: Epidemiological studies and experimental data

Toxicology

Volumn 307, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-34

  Moretto, Angelo ^a,b   Colosio, Claudio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Experimental; Genetic; Parkinsonism; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; BROMOCRIPTINE; DIELDRIN; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; DJ 1 PROTEIN; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; MANEB; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; ROTENONE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; HERBICIDE;

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN GENE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DJ 1 GENE; ELONGATION INITIATION FACTOR 4G1 GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOCEREBROSIDE GENE; HUMAN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2 GENE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT POISONING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; PINK1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVOR; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; PARAQUAT; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880067611     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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